South Medford girls start fast in rout of Crater

Wednesday

Jan 9, 2013 at 12:05 AMJan 9, 2013 at 12:19 AM

CENTRAL POINT — The second-ranked South Medford girls basketball team made sure it got off to a good start against Crater, racing out to an early lead en route to a 90-38 victory in Southern Oregon Hybrid action on Tuesday.

CENTRAL POINT — The second-ranked South Medford girls basketball team made sure it got off to a good start against Crater, racing out to an early lead en route to a 90-38 victory in Southern Oregon Hybrid action on Tuesday.

Kylie Towry recorded 22 points and three steals, Andee Ritter chipped in 18 points on perfect shooting with three steals and Ashley Bolston had 17 points, four assists and three steals for the Panthers (8-2, 2-0 SOH), who led 44-12 at halftime.

In its conference opener last Friday, South trailed Roseburg by five points at the break and needed some hot third-quarter shooting to capture the lead and cruise to a 66-52 victory.

No such rally was needed against the Comets (5-6, 1-2).

"We were focused more on starting the game with a lot of intensity, especially after our last start where we got off to a slow start against Roseburg," South Medford head coach Tom Cole said. "We were able to create and force turnovers that led to transition opportunities."

Ritter was 7-for-7 from the floor and drained four 3-pointers, while Towry sank three triples.

NORTH MEDFORD 70, GRANTS PASS 27 — North Medford limited Grants Pass to single-digit scoring in each quarter of the SOH contest in the Black Tornado gym.

Oshea Bailey scored 19 points to lead the balanced host. He was the only player for North (9-3, 1-1 SOH) in double figures. Garrett Knox hauled in 11 rebounds and Julian Gray contributed seven assists and three steals.